Canada’s correctional service is beyond reform
The Correctional Service of Canada is chronically resistant to any semblance of reform, despite its well-documented and glaring failures. That might not seem to matter for Canadians who have never experienced federal incarceration, but it is creating a massive public safety problem.
Energy Minister Hodgson names new press secretary, director
Speaking of press secretaries, Emergency Management Minister Eleanor Olszewski added Soraya Lemur to her team last fall.
Time to close the U.S. arms export loophole
Prime Minister Mark Carney talks about pragmatic principles, but Canada’s weapons exports to the United States tell a different story.
Canada-U.S. relations heading into uncharted territory
PM Mark Carney’s takedown of the president in the world spotlight, while popular, has added profound new uncertainties to the entire Ottawa-Washington matrix.
Housing Minister Robertson ‘well regarded’ for municipal background, but needs a vision for housing, say sector experts
Canada is still nowhere near the level needed to make housing affordable for the middle class, and despite Robertson’s municipal bonafides, the federal plan is still not well defined, say observers and critics.
Learning to exhale when dealing with Trump
When it comes to dealing with the president and his pronouncements, follow the 24-hour rule when angry or upset.
MPs eye support for expat voters as PROC study on special ballot challenges wraps
Committee members say they’re looking at changes to improve special ballot voting processes, including for voters living abroad who cast ballots in record numbers in the April 2025 election.
Bravo to Carney for speaking the truth
The prime minister dared suggest the Plains of Abraham is the symbolic cradle of Canada. And he was right to do so.
Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony honours ‘debt we owe’ to victims, heroes
The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
NDP MP McPherson tables bill to ban company unions
NDP MP Heather McPherson tabled her private member’s bill in the House on Jan. 27 in an effort to put a stop to company-backed unions. “They drive down wages, they weaken benefits, they erode trust in collective bargaining,” McPherson told reporters in a press conference, shortly after tabling her bill. “Ultimately, they hurt all workers.” […]
